Product shipping classes allow you to group similar products for shipping. They work in much the same way as product and post categories.
Certain shipping methods, such as Flat Rate Shipping and Table Rate Shipping, can make use of Shipping Classes for calculating class specific costs.
Flat rates use shipping classes
Adding shipping classes ↑ Back to Top
Adding shipping classes can be done from WooCommerce > Products > Shipping Classes. The interface matches that of categories:
Clicking the ‘Edit Class’ button will take you to a page with any shipping class options – some Shipping Methods will add their own options to this page (for example Table Rate shipping).
Assigning shipping classes ↑ Back to Top
Edit a product and you’ll see the shipping class option:
Select shipping class – Simple Product
Select shipping class – Variable Product
Simply select the classes which apply. Each product can have 1 shipping class.
